Look Closely At What Trump Announces On Mondays Right Before 9:30 AM

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President Trump appears to have gotten into the habit of firing off timed Truth Social posts to calm investors right before the U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m EST.

On Monday, March 23, Trump backed off a major threat to blow up Iranian energy infrastructure and said the U.S. and Iran were actually having “very good and productive” discussions over a ceasefire. (RELATED: Trump Threatens To Destroy Iran’s Power Plants Unless It Opens The Strait Of Hormuz Within 48 Hours)

He wrote, “I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING A COMPLETE AND TOTAL RESOLUTION OF OUR HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST.”

Mr. Market was very happy, and the S&P 500 soared.

However, not an hour later, Iran’s Foreign Ministry came out and denied that talks were taking place.

Mr. Market turned moody, and a trillion in market cap went poof.

This is absolutely insane: At 7:04 AM ET today, President Trump said “the US and Iran have had productive discussions” to end the Iran War. By 7:10 AM ET, the S&P 500 surged +240 points adding +$2 TRILLION in market cap. 27 minutes later, Iran completely denied all of… pic.twitter.com/yFpqpJo6aG — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 23, 2026

This is absolutely insane:

At 7:04 AM ET today, President Trump said “the US and Iran have had productive discussions” to end the Iran War.

By 7:10 AM ET, the S&P 500 surged +240 points adding +$2 TRILLION in market cap.

27 minutes later, Iran completely denied all of… pic.twitter.com/yFpqpJo6aG

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 23, 2026

On Monday, March 30, Trump issued another carefully timed Truth post. This time, he included a major threat as well as a claim that the U.S. is having “serious discussions” with Iran.

“The United States of America is in serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran. Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately ‘Open for Business,’ we will conclude our lovely ‘stay’ in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!),” he wrote.

There it is… “We’re in serious discussions with Iran to end the war” truth social post an hour before markets open on Monday morning. A new weekly tradition. pic.twitter.com/ZPi3OUlmYH — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) March 30, 2026

“We’re in serious discussions with Iran to end the war” truth social post an hour before markets open on Monday morning.

A new weekly tradition. pic.twitter.com/ZPi3OUlmYH

— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) March 30, 2026

Again, Iran’s Foreign Ministry denied negotiations were taking place.

At the time of writing, Mr. Market appears moody, as the price of oil climbs higher. But ahead of the opening bell Monday, S&P 500 futures were in the green, thanks in no small part to Trump’s post.

Trump has previously saved his biggest threats and escalations for Saturdays when the stock market is closed. The Iran War began in the early hours of Saturday, Feb. 28, and Trump’s first threat of destroying Iran’s power plants, which would have marked a major escalation in the war, came on a Saturday, March 21. In what seems like ages ago, Operation Midnight Hammer, the 2025 bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities, happened on a Sunday. The U.S. also captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3, a Saturday.

Market jawboning seems to be a go-to strategy for the Trump White House to mitigate economic damage. But it can only go so far. Eventually, reality catches up. If the war drags on — which seems to be the likely scenario — and Trump carries through with his latest threat, carefully timed Truth Social posts will not be enough to assuage investor nerves.

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